Hong Kong’s Consumer Council has conducted a massive test on 40 samples of bottled water and found that Perrier, a water product of Nestle which is used as a complimentary drink by some star-rated hotels to their clients, contains a high level of nitrite.
It is learned that Perrier water sample contained nitrite at a concentration of 0.4 mg/L, which was in excess of the limit (0.1 mg/L) set in the Codex Standard for Natural Mineral Waters.
Nestle is reported to expressed its surprise over the test results. According to Chinese media, …

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     The standards for the food dry red wine terminology, technical requirements, test methods, inspection rules and signs, packaging, transportation, storage.
     This standard applies to access to food signs of dry red wine.
     2 reference standards
     GB 10344 standard drink of wine labels
     GB 4789 Microbiology of food hygiene inspection
     GB 5009 food hygiene some physical and chemical testing methods
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     QB 921 and the test of wine therapy
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     Means that the specialized agencies, …

Almost all our foods contain unbiological chemicals to some degree. It starts with water-soluble fertilizers that are overused and cause mineral imbalances and trace mineral deficiencies in our crop plants; it continues with the liberal use of weedicides, pesticides and fumigants. Many of these leave residues that we ingest. Growing our crops using the common water-soluble fertilizer causes a similar disturbance to the plant metabolism as a high-sugar diet does to a hypoglycemic metabolism. The cells are flooded with some nutrients, while others are lacking.
While there are now high amounts …

Rockville, Md., June 19, 2009 — As part of its efforts to improve the quality of medicines and food ingredients worldwide, the U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention this week reached three new cooperative agreements with Chinese drug control authorities. Because Chinese manufacturers supply so much of the world’s drug and food ingredients, these agreements—coupled with three previous agreements between USP and other government organizations in China—mark a significant commitment to ensure that concerns about quality are addressed. USP is a scientific, nonprofit organization that sets standards for the quality of prescription …

TasteTech has introduced a new 90 per cent version of its controlled release encapsulated sorbic acid to inhibit mould on bread, as industry seeks more ways to reduce formulation costs without impairing quality.
The encapsulation specialist has offered encapsulated sorbic acid for about the last 10 years in 35 per cent and 50 per cent versions.
The new addition to the line is 90 per cent sorbic acid and just 10 per cent vegetable fat coating, and it comes in larger particles that are mixed with other dry ingredients. This means that …

The global manufacturing and economic slowdown will hit the specialty chemicals market this year, as spending declines 4% to $451 billion worldwide this year.
In a recent report, analysts at SRI Consulting forecast that “these economic conditions will continue until sometime in 2010 and then gradually improve…The specialty chemicals market in 2010 is estimated to reach about the same size as in 2008 and then gradually climb during the next three years to reach $530 billion in 2013.”
SRI says the specialty chemicals end-use segments that have been hard hit by the …

International Standards-Setting Group Holds Seminar at CPhI China to Help Chinese Manufacturers Compete in a Skeptical Global Market
Shanghai (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) — To help Chinese manufacturers address worldwide concerns about the quality of medicines and food ingredients, the U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention is holding a seminar on methods to demonstrate the quality of ingredients and finished products. Held in conjunction with the CPhI China Show on June 23, 2009, at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, USP’s seminar will focus on specific programs to help earn buyers’ confidence in product quality. …

A half-century-long debate came to an end Friday when President Barack Obama signed a bill that will take the mystery out of cigarette ingredients and give the government more control over the tobacco industry.
The law puts tobacco products under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Tobacco products soon will include a complete list of ingredients, and tobacco manufacturers will no longer be allowed to sell candy and fruit-flavored cigarettes, based on provisions in the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
The measure for the first time will …

Canadians want access to healthier enriched foods but bureaucracy is getting in the way, says a food industry spokesperson.
Speaking at the Food Meets Function conference in London yesterday, Derek Nighbor, of Food and Consumer Products of Canada, said Canadian consumers are interested in health-promoting food such as vitamin-enriched drinks, probiotic yogurt and omega-3 eggs. But, he said, innovation is being held back by Canada’s rigid regulatory system.
“We are falling behind the rest of the world. We have aging, educated consumers who want access to healthier products that are available elsewhere …

(NaturalNews) Two foods commonly eaten as part of the traditional Chinese diet can reduce a woman’s risk of breast cancer by as much as 90 percent, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Western Australia in Perth, and published in the International Journal of Cancer.
Researchers compared consumption of mushrooms and green tea between two groups of Chinese women, one with breast cancer and one without. They found that women who ate at least 10 grams (0.35 ounces) of fresh mushrooms per day had a 64 percent …